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Out of all the new games out this week, there’s one that we’ve had our eye on for a while because it’s all about the spooky re-discovery of one of America’s most haunted cities, Twin Lakes.
Twin Lakes is the home to the
Darkside Detective series, one of our nominations for the greatest point and click adventures of all time (and certainly the modern era). The sequel to
In this 3D boss-rush bullet-hell action game,
you embody Talaal, the last of God’s seven masks. Talaal finds her bearer just in time to fight against its siblings, which hunt her to absorb the power within the mask. The bearer is now trapped in a war that does not belong to her, a cycle that seems impossible to break.
Demos:
– While
Aerial Knight’s Never Yield slides onto Nintendo Switch on May 19, a demo is available in Nintendo eShop now. This is not your typical “runner” game! Run, jump, slide and dash through a futuristic Tokyo-styled Detroit to a head-bopping soundtrack as the protagonist Wally to save what’s left of the future.
Never mind all the delays, April still has a ton of great games
Triple-A has forsaken us yet again. But it’s fine – no, really it’s
fiiiiine – because indie studios are stepping in to fill the gap, ensuring every type of PC gamer has something fresh to play in April. So, while you might have been looking forward to the Humankind release date before it was cruelly pushed back to August, you can still get your strategy fix this month if you know where to look.
At the start of each month we sup down a big mug of tea, stare into the empty vessel, and read the leaves to find out what the best indie games of that month will be (some months we use coffee grounds). April’s offerings run the gamut of genres, featuring comedic point-and-click adventure games, post-apocalyptic survival games, loot-rich ARPGs, turn-based strategy games, card battlers, and more.